Has anyone seen this news? It was around in Chinese news outlets last week. It has now made it to BBC.
Iāve watched the video where it all happened.
It seem the coach is still a free man. The only thing happening is an investigation.
Iāve seen coaches abuse their power with kids here. I canāt say more for privacy. But the power and ādisciplineā game in many martial arts/sports here is out of this world. Luckily the number of coaches changing their tactics is growing and I see many of them doing a great job. However the majority still is overly tough and dangerous, to say the least. This is not a problem limited to Taiwan, but because of the power distance here Iāve seen parents witnessing what I would call cruelty to their kids and not saying a word or even thinking this is good to get their kids in line.
ā The district prosecutor initially released him following questioning, accepting his explanation that what had happened to Wei Wei was part of ānormal trainingā.
But after the childās family held a news conference, the court said there was evidence to suspect the coach might have committed a serious crime and there was a risk of collusion with witnesses, so it granted a prosecution request to place him in incommunicado detention - where an individual is denied contact with anyone except his lawyer.ā
I wonder what would have happened if the parents havenāt had held a news conference. It goes to show if they can shut you up they will. Nothing to see here. A lot to do with face. As long as there is no ālosing faceā for the authorities they will continue to abuse the system and victims, be them in any area.
Yupā¦Lets take the word of the trainer who put a boy in a coma over video evidenceā¦ chabuduo laā¦ now whenās tea time?
Oh crap the media is involvedā¦ better do something quick
I did Judo for many years. It takes a while to learn how to fall properly. Children are not to be thrown violently.
I had to eventually stop because I started to get back issues. But I was also competing on national level in Germany. The opponents get very strong and injury is just a matter of time.
Problem is in Taiwan the penal code only has assault which covers everything from bar fights to beating someone to within an inch of his life, with permanent disability, etcā¦
Then there is attempted murder which requires prosecutors to prove there is an intent to murder someone, and carries accordingly higher penalty. There is nothing in between such as āsimple assaultā (which is a simple misdemeanor) or āaggravated assaultā, āassault with a deadly weaponā, etc.
Means you get up to 3 years whether you shot someone in the leg, or stabbed someone with a knife, or shot someone and it resulted in permanent paralysis. Though in latter case you could argue this is attempted murderā¦
Mord, Ā§ 211, āmurderā, is used only if the case is especially severe, and is punished with life imprisonment
ā¦whoever kills a human being out of murderous intent, to satisfy sexual desires, out of greed or otherwise base motives, insidiously or cruelly, or with means dangerous to the public, or in order to commit or cover up another crimeā¦"
Iām not sure about taiwan but I heard somewhere that the law here is based on german law. Maybe thereās a similar rule that applies here?
25 years. 10 years is the earliest possible time you can get out on parole if several different psychiatrists and wardens see you fit for that.
If the judge sees the condition of particular severity of guilt met, then parole is completely off the table. If thereās reason to believe that this person is still dangerous to the public, they can spend the rest of their lives in preventive detention.
10 years is also the ānormalā punishment for involuntary manslaughter. Many get that confused.
A seven-year-old boy who was repeatedly thrown by his judo coach and an older classmate until he was unconscious, has died after spending 70 days in a coma in a hospital in Taichung City.
Thatās very sad.
According to statements by the boyās father and uncle, Ho has not apologized to the family for his actions. āMy brother has been waiting for an apology,ā Huangās uncle said today.
